Assembly of God

By Norma Ballinger

LW contributor

Years ago at a women’s retreat I was given a very attractive card that read, “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” I found the phrase in Psalm 139:13-16.

God desires to be our closest friend and also our sovereign Lord. He created our brains with a capacity to know him as a friend and also Lord. The creation of the human mind was the pinnacle of his creation, but so few of us use it for its primary purpose, which is to know him. Our minds are too filled daily with politics, the coronavirus, the weather, etc. Perhaps it’s time to change that emphasis. Only humans are capable of receiving him and responding to his presence. We are indeed fearfully and wonderfully made.

The Lord is with us and all around us; he always beholds us face to face. None of our thoughts escapes his notice. He wants to continually communicate with us through his spirit, his word and his creation. Because he is infinite he is able to love us as if we were the only ones in the universe– revel in his love.

The members and friends of the congregation look forward each Sunday to being with Pastor Sam Pawlak on Facebook at 10 a.m. and then again when DVD’s of a service are delivered each Monday, also by Pastor Sam.